Mar 30, 2010. /Lesprom Network/. The Annual General Meeting of Metsä Tissue approved the Board of Director’s proposal of the distribution of the distributable funds and resolved that a dividend of Euro 1.23 be paid per A share, the first such payment since the company re-structured in 2004, company said in a statement received by Lesprom Network. In addition, the Annual General Meeting of Metsä Tissue elected as members of the Metsä Tissue’s Board of Directors Jozef Antošík (Vice Chair), Hannu Anttila, Martti Asunta, Arto Hiltunen, Kari Jordan (Chair), Juhani Järvi, Tuomo Lähdesmäki and Antti Remes. Arto Hiltunen was elected as a new member of the Board. Hiltunen has worked in several executive positions in retailing and recently resigned from the position of Chairman and CEO of SOK due to health reasons. Hiltunen will replace Tom Liljeström, who has acted as a Board member since 2004.